graisser
French
Etymology
graisse + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʁɛ.se/, /ɡʁe.se/
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Verb
graisser
- (transitive) to grease, oil, lubricate
- (transitive) to smear
Conjugation
Conjugation of graisser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | graisser | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | graissant /ɡʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /ɡʁe.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | graissé /ɡʁɛ.se/ or /ɡʁe.se/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | graisse /ɡʁɛs/ | graisses /ɡʁɛs/ | graisse /ɡʁɛs/ | graissons /ɡʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ɡʁe.sɔ̃/ | graissez /ɡʁɛ.se/ or /ɡʁe.se/ | graissent /ɡʁɛs/ |
imperfect | graissais /ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɡʁe.sɛ/ | graissais /ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɡʁe.sɛ/ | graissait /ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɡʁe.sɛ/ | graissions /ɡʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ɡʁe.sjɔ̃/ | graissiez /ɡʁɛ.sje/ or /ɡʁe.sje/ | graissaient /ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɡʁe.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | graissai /ɡʁɛ.se/ or /ɡʁe.se/ | graissas /ɡʁɛ.sa/ or /ɡʁe.sa/ | graissa /ɡʁɛ.sa/ or /ɡʁe.sa/ | graissâmes /ɡʁɛ.sam/ or /ɡʁe.sam/ | graissâtes /ɡʁɛ.sat/ or /ɡʁe.sat/ | graissèrent /ɡʁɛ.sɛʁ/ or /ɡʁe.sɛʁ/ | |
future | graisserai /ɡʁɛ.sʁe/ or /ɡʁe.sʁe/ | graisseras /ɡʁɛ.sʁa/ or /ɡʁe.sʁa/ | graissera /ɡʁɛ.sʁa/ or /ɡʁe.sʁa/ | graisserons /ɡʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /ɡʁe.sʁɔ̃/ | graisserez /ɡʁɛ.sʁe/ or /ɡʁe.sʁe/ | graisseront /ɡʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /ɡʁe.sʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | graisserais /ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɡʁe.sʁɛ/ | graisserais /ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɡʁe.sʁɛ/ | graisserait /ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɡʁe.sʁɛ/ | graisserions /ɡʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɡʁe.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | graisseriez /ɡʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /ɡʁe.sə.ʁje/ | graisseraient /ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɡʁe.sʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | graisse /ɡʁɛs/ | graisses /ɡʁɛs/ | graisse /ɡʁɛs/ | graissions /ɡʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ɡʁe.sjɔ̃/ | graissiez /ɡʁɛ.sje/ or /ɡʁe.sje/ | graissent /ɡʁɛs/ |
imperfect2 | graissasse /ɡʁɛ.sas/ or /ɡʁe.sas/ | graissasses /ɡʁɛ.sas/ or /ɡʁe.sas/ | graissât /ɡʁɛ.sa/ or /ɡʁe.sa/ | graissassions /ɡʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /ɡʁe.sa.sjɔ̃/ | graissassiez /ɡʁɛ.sa.sje/ or /ɡʁe.sa.sje/ | graissassent /ɡʁɛ.sas/ or /ɡʁe.sas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | graisse /ɡʁɛs/ | — | graissons /ɡʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ɡʁe.sɔ̃/ | graissez /ɡʁɛ.se/ or /ɡʁe.se/ | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
- graisser sa caloquinte
- graisser la patte
Further reading
- “graisser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.